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picture of the Chief is given, with the mark 

 of his nation, and those of the warriors who 

 accompanied him. A number of little images 

 point out how many prisoners were taken ; 

 while so many human figures without heads 

 shew the number who were slain. Such are 

 the expressive signs of a barbarous people, in 

 recording their war exploits, and communi- 

 cating information without the knowledge of 

 letters and the art of printing. 



We proceeded, after the wife had put some 

 kettles upon the back of a miserable looking 

 dog, and had taken her accustomed burden, 

 the tent with other articles, on her own. The 

 little ones were also severally laden with a 

 knapsack, and the whole had the appearance of 

 a camp of gypsies moving through the country. 



The 17th. Before we struck our tents this 

 morning, the signs which the old man left 

 upon the piece of wood yesterday, brought his 

 two sons, whom he had left hunting, and who 

 had walked nearly the whole of the night to 

 overtake us. We had now no provisions but 

 what we shot on our journey, and the addition 

 to our party made every one active in the 

 pursuit of game as it appeared. The next day 

 we passed Cape Churchill, and came to a tent of 

 Chipewyan or Northern Indians. The question 



